Control of recording medium reproduction

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EP 0 920 016 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/15

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/22

(21)	Application number: 98309599.3

(22)	Date of filing: 24.11.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G11B 27/10, G11B 19/02, G11B 20/12, G11B 27/30, G11B 27/32, G09B 5/06, G11B 27/34

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.11.1997 JP 32443897

(71)	Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
	Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Nakazawa, Hiroshi Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74)	Representative: Ayers, Martyn Lewis Stanley
	J.A. KEMP & CO., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	Control of recording medium reproduction

(57) According to the present invention, each program managed with U-TOC is divided into a plurality of record units. A cue signal is recorded to each of the record units. An audio signal of a word or sentence is recorded to each record unit. With the cue signal, programs that exceeds the maximum number managed with U-TOC can be handled. Thus, an audio signal of a word or sentence can be accessed and reproduced.

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